"...I want souls who are dedicated with fervor,
with determination and without looking for rest,
to plead day and night for My priests."
~ Jesus to Venerable Concepcion Cabrera de Armida ~

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Bishop Frederic Baraga, the Snowshoe Priest: Cause for Canonization

The cause for Bishop Frederic Baraga’s sainthood is moving forward to new territory. Documents sent to Rome concerning a possible miracle attributable to the Snowshoe Priest have been opened by The Congregation for Causes of Saints.

The October 11 opening has spurred additional movement in the cause. Bishop Alexander Sample said he has been told the positio – the written documentation of Bishop Baraga’s life – is on the fast track for examination by the congregation.

“The fact now that we have a promising miracle over in Rome at the congregation, and that they are going to take up a formal examination of our miracle over there, is what has now suddenly moved the positio on the other track,” Bishop Sample said. “Where we have been stalled for 12 years, now we’re told we’re in the top 10 on the list to be examined.”

“I think there’s a great need for renewal in the priesthood and among the bishops, and I think Bishop Baraga, with his selfless zeal and service to Christ and the people of the Church, can be a great inspiration to priests today. I always say Bishop Baraga spent his entire life and every last ounce of his human strength to serve Jesus and the Church in the Upper Peninsula. We priests need that example and inspiration to do the same ourselves – to really be selfless, to really lay down our life, to spend our life with joy,” Bishop Sample said.

Bishop Sample summarized by saying, “What does this mean to us? It means we have someone we can look to as an inspiration and an example of holiness. We’re all called to holiness. The Second Vatican Council made that point abundantly clear, every person in the Church, every layperson, deacon, priest, religious, bishop, pope — we’re all called to holiness.”

Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest, Mother of all priests and our Mother, help us respond generously to the Holy Spirit's request, through the voice of His Church, to offer up to God Eucharistic adoration for priests. Amen.

WELCOME to EUCHARISTIC ADORATION FOR PRIESTS!

The aim of one grateful heart is to express--and hopefully inspire--love, praise, adoration, thanksgiving, and reverence for Jesus in the Eucharist, and to offer an appeal for Eucharistic adoration for the sanctification of His priests as requested by Pope Benedict XVI and the Congregation for the Clergy. This site is presented in loving support, appreciation, and intercession for all Catholic priests to whom we are indebted for making the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist available for the rest of us Catholics and for the benefit of the whole world.

About Me

I am a Roman Catholic wife, mother, and grandmother who -YES- has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ! What could be more personal than
receiving His Precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity in Holy Communion every day, or spending precious time with Him in daily Eucharistic adoration? Outside of heaven, I can't be closer to Jesus than when He gives Himself to me in Holy Communion or when I bask in His Eucharistic Presence.

Jesus to St. Margaret Mary ~
"Make Reparation for the ingratitude of men. Spend an hour in prayer to appease divine justice, to implore mercy for sinners, to honor Me, to console Me for My bitter suffering when abandoned by My Apostles, when they did not WATCH ONE HOUR WITH ME."

Jesus to Saint Faustina ~
"Adore, in the Blessed Sacrament, My Heart, which is full of mercy."

Jesus to Blessed Alexandrina da Costa
"Keep Me company in the Blessed Sacrament. I remain in the tabernacle night and day, waiting to give My love and grace to all who would visit Me."

Jesus to Venerable Concepcion Cabrera de Armida ~
"If the faithful love Me, if they want to glorify Me as is their duty of love, nothing can be greater for them to do for Me than what they do for My priests, which is as they would have done for Me Myself..."

O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine,all praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine!